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Asheville city, Buncombe County, NC

93,695 Population
45.5 square miles 2,060.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.5 ±0.7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Buncombe County: 42.3 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$40,899 ±$2,097 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Buncombe County: $39,495 ±$1,111
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $37,641 ±$188
$63,810 ±$2,942 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Buncombe County: $66,531 ±$2,003
  • a little less than the amount in North Carolina: $66,186 ±$380

13.3% ±1.4% (12,042  ±1,217) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Buncombe County: 11.2% 29,543 (±0.8% / ±2,003)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,357,418 (±0.2% / ±16,053)

17.7 minutes ±0.4 (706,500  ±32,244) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Buncombe County: 20.6 2,294,910 (±0.4 / ±72,139)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in North Carolina: 25 107,793,970 (±0.1 / ±494,298)

Families

38,229 ±990 Number of households
  • Buncombe County: 102,921 ±1,473
  • North Carolina: 4,105,232 ±9,448
2.4 ±0.1 (90,174  ±110) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Buncombe County: 2.6 262,398 (±0 / ±90)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,194,060

3.9% ±1.9% (927  ±461) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Buncombe County: 3.7% † 2,293 (±1% / ±607)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 5% 124,491 (±0.1% / ±2,970)

Housing

48,302 ±841 Number of housing units
  • Buncombe County: 130,081 ±112
  • North Carolina: 4,739,881 ±700

$376,800 ±$12,583 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Buncombe County: $328,900 ±$7,143
  • about 1.5 times the amount in North Carolina: $234,900 ±$736

17.3% ±1.5% (16,043  ±1,408.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Buncombe County: 11.7% 31,233 (±0.7% / ±1,887.9)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13.8% 1,427,662 (±0.1% / ±14,920.4)

Social

93.4% ±3% (66,573  ±2,399.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Buncombe County: 92.1% 184,328 (±1.9% / ±3,845.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 89.4% 6,413,973 (±0.3% / ±21,679.1)
51.2% ±2.2% (36,494  ±1,682.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Buncombe County: 43% 86,104 (±1.3% / ±2,586.1)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 33.9% 2,428,890 (±0.2% / ±13,343.2)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

7.6% ±1.1% (7,149  ±1,070) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Buncombe County: 6.4% 17,295
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 8.3% 867,946

6.8% ±0.9% (5,300  ±687) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Buncombe County: 7.2% 15,773 (±0.5% / ±1,083)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.8% 632,989 (±0.1% / ±5,065)
5,300 Total veterans ±687 4,702 Male ±635 598 Female ±204

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